title: A prospective study of intrafamilial oropharyngeal transmission of Kingella kingae.
abstract: To evaluate the intrafamilial oropharyngeal transmission of Kingella kingae, we conducted a prospective study among pairs of siblings. We found that 55% of children who suffered from osteoarticular infections due to K. kingae, and 40% of asymptomatic carriers of K. kingae had siblings with positive oropharyngeal carriage.
authors.affiliation: From the *Pediatric Orthopedic Service;†Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases; ‡Pediatric Emergency Division; and §Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kampouroglou
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dubois-Ferrière
authors.forename: Rebecca Anderson
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: De La Llana
authors.forename: Gesuele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renzi
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manzano
authors.forename: Abdessalam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cherkaoui
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrenzel
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ceroni
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D035781:Siblings; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology